prolecto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [prolicio], to allure or entice forth (cf.: illicio, invito).

I Lit. (post-class.): lacrimae redeunt, prolectante gaudio, Ap. Met. 5, 7, 18; mox prolectante studio, id. ib. 5, 2, 3; 11, p. 259, 33 (not found); aviculae prolectatae verno vapore, id. ib. 11, 7, 15.—

II Transf., to allure , entice , incite (rare but class.): egentes spe largitionis, * Cic. Fl. 8, 18: praeda puellares animos prolectat, Ov. F. 4, 433: sensus legentium, Vitr. 5 praef.: aliquam veneficiis ad nuptias, Ap. Mag. p. 331, 28: nuptialis gratiae nomine prolectatus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—

B To provoke : etiamne ultro tuis me prolectas probris? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 38.

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